English Dictionary

costive

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɒstɪv/

形容詞

constipated / miserly, parsimonious

日本語の意味

便秘状態の（排便が困難な状態） / けち、吝嗇な（必要以上にお金を使おうとせず、質素である）

After three days on the road, he felt costive and uncomfortable, so he stopped eating heavy meals and bought a mild laxative at the pharmacy.

3日間の出張で彼は便秘で体調が悪く、重い食事を避けて薬局でやさしい下剤を買った。

意味（1）

constipated

Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.

意味（2）

miserly, parsimonious